Psychology
Research productivity is declining in advanced economies
A study by Nicholas Bloom et al. published last year in the American Economic Review had found that, in the...
Beauty bends time
A study by Joana Arantes et al. suggests that being with an attractive date can speed up time for men...
Why dreams get more bizarre further into the night
The creatures that populate dreams may or may not have personal wisdom to impart, but they are invaluable to researchers...
Low childhood SES has lasting negative impact on immune response in men
Low Socioeconomic Status (and associated scarcity of resources, early exposure to infections, and nutritional stress), unpredictability (familial conflict), and abuse...
Patient loses the Theory of Mind to brain injury
Traumatic brain injury often leads to sensory-motor (paralysis) or cognitive deficits. In a subset of these cases, the patients are...
People who wear masks on their chin/neck are greater liars
Of the three kinds of people that exist in 2021, two - people who wear masks properly and people who...
Blocking opioid receptors reduces social bonding during religious rituals
In 2019, a large-scale survey by Pew Research Center done in 35 countries found that actively religious people (people who...
Mindfulness improves romantic relationships, but so does relaxation
There has been a boom in studies investigating the benefits (and negative outcomes) of Mindfulness - the practice of cultivating...
Text-based intervention can improve vaccination by 11%
According to Pew polls, a growing share of Americans (69% as of Feb 2021) either say that they plan to...
Sadness and clinical depression are parts of a continuum
According to DSM-5, the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, depression is to be diagnosed in all or...
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